What engine

[Madd Trucker]

Which engine will correct the Can Do tow truck and any thing else to correct it

[highway]

Which engine will correct the Can Do tow truck and any thing else to correct it

The CAT 3406 in the Revell Peterbilt 359 or Kenworth W900 just release would be a good starting point, or a newer style resin CAT six cylinder would probably work, too. The cab is sourced from Revell AG's Pete 359 kit (as everything else in the "Can Do" kit is) and the real truck is a 379, which is slightly wider than the 359. You could possibly use Italeri's Peterbilt 378 cab, but it is 1/24 scale and "Can Do" is 1/25 scale, which may make the cab look a little large, but it would supply the correct cab, interior and roof marker lights. The 378 hood is not as long as the 379, but you can find a resin conversion hood for the extended hood on a 379 here: http://www.ppvintagekits.com/RESIN-WORKS/RESIN-TRUCK-PARTS.html . If you want to try and modify the kit cab and hood, as Revell AG did include the correct 379 style grille in the kit, you could use a dash from the Italeri 378 or the 377 A/E kits, as these are the same as a 379. These will also supply the correct roof marker lights. Which ever route you choose, there is alot of work to do to make the truck 100% correct to the real thing.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

Years ago on the former MTDC forum one of the active members was a former employee at Stepp's Towing that drove/operated the CanDo truck (along w/ the other trucks in the Stepp's fleet. ) I vagely remember a couple threads where he disscussed the Can Do and it's spec's along w/ the other trucks. He also posted pictures he took doing different tows and recoveries. Recently that forum got some new owners and one of them decided to delete the group! Had that not have happened you could've done a search and found one of those old posts.

What ya could do is just go to Stepp's website and email the questions you've got to them. What's the worst thing that could happen... You not get a reply.

Good Luck.

[mackinac359]

If I remember, the Stepp's 379 on the kit box is a 379-119 (119" BBC) short hood. I might be wrong here.

If it is the 379-119, then the Italeri 378 would work, but the hood would have to be modified for a bit less slope and have

a visible panel seam and rivet detail. I've posted how I've done this both on my website and on previous posts here.

I used the wrecker body with a 1/24th scale kit and it did need to be widened to fit the 1/24th scale chassis and cab.

Tim

[Jim B]

Porky at P&P Vintage Kits & Resin is planning on a 1/25 Peterbilt 379-127 conversion. Not sure when it will be ready, but that's an option, too.

Here's the link to the thread: Peterbilt 379-127 Conversion

Edited April 8, 2010 by Jim B